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Lazy weekend poll ~ stepping back from the edge, episode 8

Posted by Robin on 18 January 2020 358 Comments

Crater Lake

Our eighth annual ‘stepping back’ poll: can this group of shameless enablers help each other not buy perfume? Let’s find out.

Name a perfume you’ve been itching to buy but suspect you might not need, and tell us why you think it might not really be a good use of your money. Maybe everyone will talk you out of it. Or, maybe not so much.

If you participated in this poll last year, tell us if you ended up buying the fragrance anyway…

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Yves Rocher Bois de Sauge ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 18 January 2020 15 Comments

Yves Rocher has launched Bois de Sauge, a new fragrance for men. Bois de Sauge was inspired by the ‘desire to withdraw from the urban jungle into the seclusion of pristine nature’…

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The (almost) daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 18 January 2020 5 Comments

The latest collector bottles from Jean Paul Gaultier: Classique Pin-Up (100 ml) and Le Male Aviator (125 ml), both available now at Sephora in France.

Escentric Molecules Molecule 05 & Escentric 05 ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 18 January 2020 9 Comments

Niche line Escentric Molecules line will launch their fifth fragrance duo. Molecule 05 and Escentric 05 focus on Cashmeran; both fragrances were developed by perfumer and brand founder Geza Schoen…

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The freebiemeet, episode 16

Posted by Robin on 18 January 2020 53 Comments — Comments are closed

viola

The freebiemeet is open! PLEASE read the instructions, even if you’ve read them before! Really, pretty please, with sugar on top! There’s not even that many of them, and you will save us all so much time and confusion. This is not that hard. Plus, it’s free stuff! It’s all good, but it’s even better if you read the instructions. If you have any questions, please post them here.

For people who would like to chat in addition to, or instead of, giving and getting free stuff, there will be a poll along shortly…

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